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Map Collections in the Research Center
The Research Center on the fourth floor of Tulsa's Central Library holds in its collections a large number and variety of print and digital maps.
Research Center Digital Map Collections
Large format printer/map plotter HP DesignJet 5500 is available, capable of printing full color up to 42 inches wide.
Online/CD/DVD resources include:
- AtoZ Maps OnlineProprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps + political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation and climate maps
- Aerials ExpressAerial photography for the Tulsa County area. Photos were flown in February 2007
- Historical USGS Oklahoma quadrangle maps15' and 30' Indian Territory USGS maps scanned by the University of Alabama
- Map View/Tulsa BytesParcel mapping software from the Tulsa County Assessor's Office updated annually
- Mississippi River chartsRiver charts from the mid to late 1800s scanned by the University of Alabama
- Oklahoma Department of Transportation mapsIncludes: Oklahoma's Incorporated City Maps, Indian Territory Map, Oklahoma State Highway maps from 1916-2000
- Oklahoma Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970Maps created to assist fire insurance companies as they assessed the risk associated with insuring a particular property
- Oklahoma Topographic interactive mapsIncludes 1:24,000, 1:100,000, and 1:250,000 scale maps
- Tulsa County aerial mapsImagery in the 1950s and the 1960s
Research Center Paper Map Collections
Paper resources include:
- 1:24,000 scale topographic maps for states west of the Mississippi River
- 1:100,000 and 1:250,000 scale topographic maps covering the United States
- 1980's Tulsa County aerial maps
- A.I. Levorsen Geology Collection mapsA worldwide canvas-mounted collection of geological maps primarily from the 1920s-1960s
- Floodplain maps for Tulsa County
- Government Land Office plat mapsOklahoma and some surrounding states from the 1890s to the early 1900s
- Historical Oklahoma highway mapsBack to the late 1910s from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
- Historical Tulsa and Oklahoma mapsMiscellaneous Tulsa and Oklahoma maps from the late 1800s to the early 1900s
- National Parks Series maps
- Oklahoma Territory and early Oklahoma statehood maps15' and 30' USGS maps
- U.S. and foreign geological maps
- USGS Geologic and Hydrologic Series maps
Can't find it? AskUs!
If you have trouble finding what you need, please call our AskUs hotline at 918-549-7323. You can send an email to askus@tulsalibrary.org.
You can also text askTCCL to 66746 or IM a reference librarian here.
Librarians are online:
Mon-Thu 9 a.m.- 8:30 p.m.
Fri-Sat 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Sun (Sept-May) 1- 5 p.m.
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